This sweeps has a different daily prize each day, and an overall grand prize. Each daily prize drawing is considered a new sweeps, so entries do not roll over into subsequent daily drawings. All entries are eligible for the grand prize.

* Grand prize includes a huge assortment of various children's toys and sporting goods, with a total ARV of $10,742.14.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Today, once again, offers the opportunity to win some big cash prizes. Challenge Butter has brought back its instant win game, with this year's chance to win $100,000, instantly! HGTV is running its annual "Smart Home" sweepstakes, too, with the winner getting the choice of either the home, or a major wad of cash.

Along with these, I brought a NASCAR sweepstakes from the March 2nd post to today's post again, so you can get these "big money" daily entries in, all from one page. It, too, is offering a grand prize of $100,000.

* 100 Second prizes, each of a Good Cook prize pack, including: one slider press, one watermelon tap, one heat resistant BBQ glove, one three piece BBQ tool set, one corn grilling basket holder, and one chili pepper rack. Total ARV $82.94, each.

* 900 Third prizes, each of a free Challenge Butter voucher (due to local regulations, some states are ineligible to win this prize). ARV $5.49, each.

* Grand Prize consists of: The "HGTV Smart Home," home located in Austin, TX, including home furnishings and merchandise, ARV $1,205,272; $100,000; and a 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, ARV $58,635.

In lieu of the grand prize, winner may choose an optional prize of $640,000 in cash, which will also come with the Mercedes-Benz.

Limit of two online entries per person/email address per day. For additional entries, see rules for mail-in entry, to enter as often as you wish. Open to legal residents of the U.S. and its territories, possessions and commonwealths, 21 or older as of April 15, 2015. Ends June 2, 2015.

Monday, May 4, 2015

With the Kentucky Derby thrilling both myself and the rest of America over the weekend, I thought I'd dust off this article and post it. This was previously posted on Helium.com, a number of years ago. As some of you may know, horse racing began the evolution of the modern form of sweepstakes that we play today.

Racehorse shares are a growing investment opportunity, becoming more widely understood and more easily obtainable by John Q. Public than ever before. Hence, horse racing has never been a more popular sport than it is today, and its investment opportunities are steadily growing.

Hand in hand with this, in recent years, we have seen the dramatic increase in the value of any good racehorse. What was once considered as a sport for horse racing fans has now also become one of the more popular sports for big-money investors, even those who may have previously had little interest in horse racing, and far more.

In certain circles, only someone with a net worth of a million dollars or more can invest in buying shares of a racehorse, and will receive in return a share of its winnings, along with some other perks. Although this would be still be the norm, with this, now comes the inevitable expansion of its means.

In our more modern day economy, the the blue-collar investor is now also being offered increasing opportunities to own smaller shares of a racehorse at what could be considered an affordable price, albeit with lesser returns, if any at all. This relatively new expansion is allowing more and more investors the opportunity to own and enjoy shares in a racehorse.

On the downside, even now, it seems the bugs are still being worked out. These investments are not considered to be a source of a lucky windfall by the majority, and the two types of shares, either limited or partnership, will offer much different benefits.

Limited shares, which are currently being made more widely available to the general public, are just that, limited. These are without the bulk of the other benefits that will go along with partnership shares... things such as preferred seats at races, invitations to social gatherings, and the like.

This in mind, without the extra benefits of partnership, those who go with limited shares do stand a great risk of losing their full investment, a point that is widely made known. Therefore, this type of investing is currently only being encouraged for those who love the thrill of horse racing, and would love to own a share in any racehorse. In fact, investors are encouraged to invest for the fun of it alone, and not for what money it could make.

In the end, there is also a good enough potential for getting a good enough winning streak going to return an entire investment, that keeps its investors coming back for more. With that, the excitement of this same potential is still just thrilling enough to keep the new investors coming.